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- ↑ Michael Oliver (February 1997). "Review of CD issue of 1976 Suitner recording". Gramophone . Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ Eric Salzman, Thomas Desi. The New Music Theater: Seeing the Voice, Hearing the Body (2008) p. 161: "Dessau came from the world of opera and operetta but he also had an important role in ... Einstein (1971–73), and Leonce und Lena (1978/79; after Büchner)."
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